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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

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awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. Organizations are helping to facilitate these conversations and learnings globally. skills are taught through a practical hands-on course that guides. is an organization based out of Oakland, California. Forage Oakland project. As a 2010 winner.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

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He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Jose sits on various economic development boards: the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, the Bay Area Business Advisory Board of Directors for the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, and the OneCalifornia Bank Advisory Board.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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